Undergraduate Advising & Wellness
Drop-In Hours & Appointments
Nalayini Balasubramaniam, Registrar
Tuesdays 2pm - 4pm
Fridays 1pm - 3pm
Dawn Pascoe, Assistant Registrar
Mondays 2pm - 4pm
Wednesdays 10am - 12pm
Drop-in hours are available during the academic year, September - April.
During the summer months (May – August), we’re available by appointment.
Please email registrar.music@utoronto.ca to schedule an appointment outside of these times.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office
Reshma Dhrodia (she/her) is our inaugural Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, a role created to enhance EDI strategies, policies, and initiatives within Music. She is a trauma-informed social worker and educator whose work focuses on developing individual, communal, and institutional EDI practices, as well as creating and implementing harm/violence reduction and prevention strategies.
Reshma is available to meet with all members of the Faculty’s communities for confidential consultation, advising, support, and resource navigation related to EDI, wellness, and safety. She is eager to support our efforts to create truly inclusive, welcoming environments where folks feel like they belong and can thrive.
You can reach her at edi.music@utoronto.ca or 416-978-3782.
Accessibility Services
Confidential service helps registered students to navigate their disability and related barriers and provides peer support. The University of Toronto supports academic accommodations for students whose learning is impacted by disabilities/conditions including those related to mental health, learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, mobility, functional/fine motor ability, concussion/head injury, vision, chronic health, addictions, being D/deaf/deafened/hard of hearing, communication disorders, and temporary disabilities (e.g. fractures, severe sprains, recovery from an operation).
- Phone: 416-978-8060
- On-Location Accessibility Services Counsellor
Students with a documented disability who may be eligible for accommodations are required to complete the relevant intake package available to facilitate the registration process.
Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified if your intake meeting and future sessions will be with a central Accessibility Advisor at the Spadina location or with the On Location advisor, Michael Mercer. Michael can advocate for student accessibility needs within U of T. He is able to assist students with securing academic accommodations (such as extensions, testing accommodations, and peer notes) and securing funding for disability-related supports (such as counselling, tutoring, adaptive technology, etc.).
Health & Wellness
Feeling distressed? Visit our emergency counselling services.
U of T Wellness Services
The Health & Wellness Centre at The University of Toronto provides a variety of services similar to what a family doctor offers and more. Be sure to check out the many supports they offer.
Confidential mental health and physical health services provided by an interdisciplinary team of health professionals.
Phone: 416-978-8030
Location: 700 Bay Street
Music students will be able to see Paula by appointment, either virtual or in-person.
The counseling will focus on an overall wellness approach that integrates counselling and psychotherapy, focusing on strengths, resiliency and skills building. Appropriate referrals to other services within the University and community will also be made.
To book your first appointment with Paula, call the main line at Health & Wellness (416–978–8030, choose option 5). When you call Health & Wellness, be sure to state that you want to book an appointment with the on-location counsellor at Music (otherwise you will be scheduled with a counsellor at the main office). Follow-up appointments will be booked directly with the counsellor.
Click here for more information about same-day, single-session counseling services. Single-session counselling provides students with quick access to support for help with issues like exam stress, relationship problems, sadness or nervousness and more.
- Better Coping Skills Workshops
- Information about Same Day Counseling and other workshops
- U of T Student Health Telus Support (Formerly MySSP)
- Immediate and/or ongoing confidential, 24-hour support for any school, health, or general life concern at no cost to students. Ongoing support is available in over 146 languages.
- Download the app via the Apple app store or Google Play Within
- North America: 1-844-451-9700
- Outside of North America: 001-416-380-6578
- Good2Talk Student Helpline
- Professional counselling, information and referrals helpline for mental health, addictions and student well-being.
- 1-866-925-5454
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto
- Provides crisis and emotional support and suicide prevention, intervention and postvention services to individuals in our community. 24-hour support, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
- 416-408-4357 or text 45645
- Gerstein Centre Crisis Line
- Provides mental health crisis support, strategies for addressing immediate problems and connections to services offering ongoing support. Crisis services are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.
- 416-929-5200
- Better Coping Skills Workshops
The Multi-Faith Centre exists to support the spiritual well-being of students, staff, and faculty and to increase our understanding and respect of religious beliefs and practices. It does so by providing facilities for members of the community to worship, pray, meditate, contemplate, reflect, teach, and learn, programs and events that invite interfaith dialogue, and opportunities to interact with the members of the Campus Chaplains’ Association.
Koffler Institute, 569 Spadina Ave
416-978-6056 | www.multifaith.utoronto.ca
Centre for Learning Strategy Support
The University of Toronto provides a variety of resources designed to help you succeed. The Centre for Learning Strategy Support offers individual meetings with a learning strategist, who can help you deal with barriers to success, such as stress, time management, and studying skills. They can also help you familiarize yourself with academic expectations at university and develop strategies designed to help you meet these standards.
The CLSS also offers workshops throughout the school year and summer on preparing yourself for and succeeding at university.
Students are encouraged to visit the Centre for Learning Strategy Support’s website for more information.
Career Educator
The Career & Co-Curricular Learning Network (CLNx) has many resources to support students and recent graduates. To access tools, register for workshops, or make an appointment, please visit the CLNx website.
Music students have access to their own on-location Career Educator at CLNx. Music students are able to book appointments with Mary at the CLNx website. Mary will assist with helping identify career exploration opportunities and navigate career decisions, through one-on-one appointments and workshops.
- Career counselling and coaching for students who are undecided or unsure about their career future
- Assistance in career exploration and gaining work experience
- Extensive career planning and job search resources in the Career Library
- Job shadowing of career professionals through the Extern program
- Access to part-time, summer, volunteer jobs and full-time work for graduating students and recent graduates
- Resume critiques, practice interviews, and work search techniques assistance
For more information on how to book an appointment at CLNx, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTka33EMGQ
If you don't see any open appointments for Mary, try again in a few days as appointment times are released on an ongoing basis. If you are having difficulty making an appointment, email careercentre@mail.careers.utoronto.ca and explain what type of help you are requesting.
Want to know more about everything Career Exploration & Education has to offer? Are you super busy and don’t have the time to explore all of our resources and programming to figure out what would help the most?
Meet with a peer career advisor who will help you clarify your career question(s) and highlight specific programs, services, and resources that meet your unique need(s) and career goals! Think of a peer career advisor as your personal concierge to Career Exploration & Education.
To book a Career Start appointment: login to CLNx.utoronto.ca, then click Appointments > Career Exploration & Education > Book Career Appointments > Career Start.
Writing Centre
Faculty of Music students have access to the Victoria College Writing Centre for assistance.
The Writing Centre offers a tutorial service on an individual appointment basis. Each student receives individual help with a writing instructor. The session may last up to 50 minutes but the exact time allotment will be determined by the instructor. Instructors help you develop your capacity to plan, organize, write and revise your essays, reviews, lab reports, case studies, and other academic papers. They will go over your work, and help you gain your own skills in writing, revising and editing. However, Instructors are not there to do your proofreading.
If you need to cancel an appointment, please do so as soon as possible but at least 24 hours in advance. This will allow other students to get an appointment with an instructor sooner. Failing to cancel your appointment within the required time or simply not showing up to your scheduled appointment may result in you being blocked from booking further sessions.
- Book your appointment at least 2 weeks in advance, especially toward the end of term.
- Schedule your appointment well before your paper is due. Leave time to do revisions after the consultation.
- Bring in your assignment sheet and other course material to help define your aims for the paper.You should bring a hardcopy of your work. Instructors will not look at assignments from your laptop.
- Come back regularly to work on a sequence of skills in a variety of assignments.
- If you are used to seeing the same writing instructor often, you might consider working with other writing instructors from time to time to help you get a different perspective.